Improvement in floral ornaments



H. J. ROGERS.

improvement in Floral-Ornaments.

Patented July 26,1872' UNITED STATES HENRY JAMES ROGERS, OF ST. DENIS,MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLORAL ORNAMENTS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 129,173, dated July 16,1872.

Specification describing Floral Ornament, invented by HENRY JAMESRoenns, of St. Denis, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland.

The invention will first be fully described, and then clearly pointedout in claim.

Figures 1- and 2 represent artificial flowers; Figs. 5, 6, 7 ,8, theholders; and Figs. 3 and 4 views of the flowers and holders appliedtogether.

A A and B B] represent artificial'flowers of a suitable size andcharacter to illustrate the idea which I have conceived, and which areprovided with stems and leaves arranged to counterfeit nature andpresent the aspect desired. O is a strip of metal, having one or moreprojecting tubes, 0, at an angle thereto. To these strips are'attached apin, D, and hook, E, by which they may be fastened at any part of theperson. They may be formed in one piece, as shown in Fig. 4 of drawing,or in a series of pieces connected by a ring, or rings, F, as shown inFigs. 3, 7, 8.

The mode of applying the flowers is as follows: The stem being insertedwithin one of the tubes 0, the latter is pressed firmly together andmade to clamp the former. A series of these tubes may be combined in oneor in separate pieces, so as to represent any preferable design.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I esteem to be new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. The combination of artificial flowers with a metal holder having oneor more compressible metal tubes, 0, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with artificial flowers, of the strip 0 having oneor more metal tubes,

0, and hook or pin D, as and for the purpose described.

HENRY JAMES ROGERS. Witnesses:

SoLoN O. KEMON, Guns. A. PETTIT.

